The stand-off between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Junior Medical doctors in Kolkata remains to be persevering with even after a couple of month has cross because the brutal rape-murder case of a trainee physician on the state run RG Kar Medical Faculty and Hospital. The junior docs have been protesting since August 9 following the rape-murder incident. The docs have put forth a number of calls for to the TMC authorities together with higher safety preparations for healthcare staff, strict motion aginst former principal Dr Sandip Ghosh, resignation of Kolkata Police Commissioner and state well being secretary, fixing duty of those that destroyed the proof of the rape-murder case and ending the risk tradition within the medical establishments.
The junior docs went to satisfy Chief Minister Banerjee at her residence. Once they had been ready outdoors demanding stay telecast of the assembly, Banerjee addressed them saying that because the matter is subjudice, stay telecast shouldn’t be doable. The CM additionally urged them to not get drenched within the rain and take shelter if they aren’t prepared for talks. Banerjee additionally stated that each motion ought to observe a decorum and even she has led a number of proteststs previously. Banerjee stated that stay teleast of the assembly can solely be completed after the courtroom order.
Later within the night, when the docs agreed for talks with out stay telecast, they had been reportedly requested to return citing that it was too late. The docs alleged that regardless of relenting on their live-streaming demand, they had been “unceremoniously” requested to go away the venue.
An agitating physician, talking to reporters earlier than leaving, stated that they had agreed to attend the assembly with out live-streaming or video recording, as requested by Banerjee.
“After we got here right here, we had demanded video recording or live-streaming of the talks. We weren’t allowed. Then the chief minister got here out and appealed to us to affix the talks, promising that we’d obtain the minutes of the assembly. We mentioned amongst ourselves and agreed to affix the assembly with out live-streaming or video recording,” the physician stated.
“After we conveyed this to Minister of State for Well being Chandrima Bhattacharya, we had been instructed to go away the venue as a result of it was too late they usually had been ready for us for 3 hours. We had been unceremoniously requested to go away,” the physician added.
The physician broke down in tears whereas talking to media and stated that the incident mirrored the ‘true intentions’ of the state authorities. A video shared by the junior docs confirmed Bhattacharya telling them to go away because it was too late.
The scheduled assembly between Banerjee and the agitating junior docs, who’ve been protesting over the RG Kar incident, didn’t happen even after a three-hour wait because of the deadlock over live-streaming the assembly.
